Autopsy released in Cady Way killings of Nick Presha, Jeremy Stewart

Nicholas Presha and Jeremy Stewart, whose bodies were found burning alongside the Cady Way Trail in April, died of gunshot wounds to the head, according to a medical examiner’s autopsy report.

The bodies of 16-year-old Presha and 18-year-old Stewart were examined by Deputy Chief Medical Examiner Gary Lee Utz. He found that Stewart and Presha suffered multiple skull and brain injuries from several shots to the head.

WESH 2 News learned months ago that the teens were shot execution-style before their bodies were set on fire near the trail.

Two men, 30-year-old Jesse Davis and 31-year-old Hector Rodriguez, were arrested and charged in the teens’ deaths.

Previously released documents describe the gruesome moments the two teens endured before they were shot to death. In police statements, witnesses recounted that the boys were made to lie naked on an apartment floor after a brutal beating.

Detectives believe the teens were involved in some sort of dealings with the suspects that involved guns and drugs.

It has not yet been determined whether Davis is mentally competent to stand trial.

Presha and Stewart were both students at Winter Park High School.

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